Indian companies have promised to produce billions of COVID-19 shots this year alone. "Can we create a regional platform for collating, compiling and studying data about the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines among our populations?" India, the world's biggest overall vaccine producer, has approved for emergency use Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine developed with the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research, and another licensed from AstraZeneca and Oxford University. India has reported about 11 million COVID-19 infections and more than 156,000 deaths. It has administered nearly 9.5 million vaccine doses since mid-January, although some Indians have criticised its focus on exports when they say more needs to be done to inoculate at home.

Source: bd News24 February 18, 2021 11:15 UTC